Alison Anselmo

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This grain salad is my perfect New Year’s resolution food—and it might be yours, too!—but not for any of the reasons you’d think.<p>The blueprint comes from Deb Perelman’s newest cookbook Smitten Kitchen Every Day, a tremendously appealing collection of recipes whose headnotes strike chord after …

Joy to the world, gift card season has come—and with it, endless possibilities. Now's the time to stock up on beauty essentials and splurge on everything you balk at dropping "real" money on. We're not saying gift cards aren't legal tender, but you're not spending $50 on a mini face oil, someone …

Here are the 10 Genius Recipes you’ve loved most this year—one-pot chicken that isn’t the least bit boring, Internet-famous broccoli, and a buttery no-knead peasant bread you don’t have to wait till tomorrow to tear into, just for starters. What will we come up with next year?<p>For a trip down memory …

'I Tried Jumping Rope Every Day For 2 Weeks—Here's What Happened'<p>The results were SERIOUSLY impressive.<p>Photograph courtesy of Samantha Lefave<p>I’ve always thought the jump rope was a totally underrated piece of equipment. Sure, we all loved it when we were kids, but unless you’re a CrossFitter or …

Brittany Williams is a wife, mother, and <b>lover of food</b>. She always has been - but she hasn't always been happy with her body. "I was <b>an emotional eater</b>, a bored eater, a TV eater, a binge eater; food controlled me," she wrote in <b>a blog post</b>. "By the time I met my husband in my 20s I was over 200 …

<i>Reduce Under Eye Bags and Puffiness!</i><p><i>Fade Away Those Dark Circles and Rings!</i><p><i>Wipe Away Fine Lines and Wrinkles Around Your Eyes!</i><p>Those are the slogans you're likely to find plastered on eye creams sold in department stores, local pharmacies, and online. And although many of us want to know how to …

Conversations regarding our future selves tend to revolve around personal finances or physical and mental health. The concept is pretty simple: What is the most realistic future you can imagine for yourself? No winning the lottery, no magically "getting fit.” Just what you’ll be if you continue …

A simple trick for wayyy more flavorful rice.<p>I eat a lot of rice: brown, white, black, basmati, something called TexMati that I don't quite understand. I find it to be a suitable carbo-base for just about any meal. And, maybe it's because I was raised on Cream of Rice, but I've always enjoyed rice …

6 servings<p>Make the chicken ahead for the most substantial lunch of your life. Together with avocado and toasted cashews, this bowl will keep you full for hours. Bonus: the spicy ranch dressing is also a great dip or a dressing on nearly anything.<p>September 2017Print<p>Ingredients<p>¾ cup mayonnaise<p>½ cup …

In December 2004, Scientific American Life published an article entitled The Tyranny of Choice. It argued that constantly being surrounded by indistinguishable everyday options is slowing us down. It’s overloading our minds and paralysing us. It’s making us miserable. If you’ve ever spent an …

<i>Inspired by</i> The Art of Flavor, <i>we're explaining (a few of) the major principles you need to be a creative, more confident cook. Today, your toolkit for tweaking dishes so that they're jussssst right.</i><p>You've studied up on the four rules of flavor, you've carefully selected your ingredients and your …

I went to a party earlier this summer and took a tray of ripe peaches instead of a bottle of wine. I would never have dreamed of taking a tray of, say, avocados or a bunch of bananas. It’s not that those fruit are any less special; it’s just that they don’t have quite the same wow factor, that …